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Part of it could be the obvious bias and the gotcha attitude of much of the media. The lack of respect for the media is growing. My friend at the convention took a video of Wolf Blitzer refusing to stand for the national anthem the final night of the convention. People around him started calling “Wolf, stand up for the anthem and the calls got louder and louder - he had to have heard them, yet ignored them”.

I personally think the media have just gotten too full of themselves judging whether this or that speech did what it needed to do. Let the people decide. But oh, that’s right, the people can’t decide because the major networks only covered the last hour of the convention. They just tell them what they thought of it or didn’t show those parts they didn’t want to show in highlights.

I wish more people watched C-SPAN and CNN who did cover the convention more extensively. And while the POLITICO article lists the “bright” futures of some of the speakers like Christie, Rubio, Martinez and so on and their hope these will be more exciting campaigns in the future, why weren’t they excited about them this year? I know many of them were non-stop on the interview circuit. They could have written inspiring stories about them. And if they were not so set in their boredom belief, they would have found snippets to build flowing stories around.

I do agree that this convention seemed a little flat. I even asked several national reporters if it was just me? Perhaps it was the inconvenience of getting there and how spread out events were. Isaac didn’t help. The distance from the media area to the Forum was also kind of out of the way. I will say I was impressed with how quickly the security process was once you got inside the perimeter. But a 10 to 15 minute walk from the bus seemed a bit much. And sitting four hours straight most people aren’t used to. There was no quality food for sale there nor comfortable break areas. And for those in the nose bleed seats, it was just too much trouble to take a break, so you just endured, especially that is was kind of hot in the upper areas. Breakfast events started usually by 7:30 a.m. and with the convention going until 11 p.m., and then up to another hour to get back to your hotel, fatigue was a major factor. So maybe that is why attendees seemed a little lackluster.

But there were plenty of side stories reporters could have gone on. I mean, how much new can be said from the campaigns? And I’m sorry, the hoopla over the Obama hope and change first black election “ain’t “ ever going to happen again and shouldn’t. Talk about lack of substance other that excitement over his race and hope and change yet there was a clear lack of a real plan. The reality of the almost complete failure of the endless promises made by the 08 Obama machine has dulled this election. The next frenzy will be when there is a female presidential nominee. Other than that, real reporting is digging for informative facts and clear analysis (not opinion).

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